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as teachers we surely hold great influence over our students. they may forget all those maths formulas, physics theories or even chemistry experiments we taught them!! but one thing they will never forget is how we made them feel in the classroom. correcting a child is part of learning, but you see that constant judgment, sometimes body shaming or even talking down on a student is surely not correction, it can be considered as bullying. when you humiliate a child for their youthful mistakes or natural struggles academically, you may damage their confidence for years to come.

Please!!! remember that the same student you may look down on today may be in a position of authority tomorrow. and if you are lucky they may not repay you with negativity, but don’t expect them to extend kindness or favor to either! because they will always remember how you treated them while they were under your care. so i will advice you to correct with love, guide with patience & discipline with understanding. because believe me a teacher’s words can either build a future or break a spirit.

sometimes kids dont know the difference

these days kids will take any negative tone as bullying and thus rebel against it or call it out as bullying to avoid understanding that the child needs correcting.

a kid that never does his homework: "why does the teacher keep picking on me".. maybe because you dont do your HW
a kid that puts in no effort: "he only gives me D-F's because he doesnt like me"

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if a kid that doesnt perform well has dreams of grandeur later in life and wants retribution against his teacher.. that kid is a dreamer and needs to wake up
if the kid does become in a position of authority, they are either a late-bloomer, or blackmailed their way to the top by claiming all their bosses were harassing them and secured better positions via deceit

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im fully against bullying, and teachers should have training on how to interact with kids effectively.. but also against mollycoddling and 'participation awards' for kids that dont put in the effort. kids need to learn even if they like school or not.

In school, different students have diverse behaviour and a teacher should be able to treat them based on their peculiarities. Talking down or shaming the child for mistakes or failure is not the right path. Children are like a garden that needs to be tended to bear fruit.  But if they start showing signs of unseriousness or naughtiness, the teacher has to be firm and discipline them based on the school's rules.


Teachers should treat students like their own children. They should be encouraged, guided, and loved. There is a saying that a teacher has many children whom he doesn't take home. If you treat your students well, you will definitely receive help from one or more of them in the future.

The job of a teacher is hard. Especially in my country. It has become hard to find those ones who really love their jobs enough to be able to instill discipline without veering towards applying too much pressure and although sometimes, these children are at fault, there are still ways to go about it.
 I've seen some videos online of how teachers shame their students using thinly veiled insults disguised as "corrective" words which is very bad and although there are some kids that can really get on the nerves of teachers that one would want to say some teachers nasty things are right to do so, it's still not proper because teachers are entrusted with the power to shape an individual's life so it's important to understand that every actions and inactions of theirs counts.

It depends on the class that the child is. Any student that is dull and shows all seriousness to learn will always be on a good conduct in class so that, he can understand what his teacher is saying and ask questions to know more. He might even go later after class to seek for more explanation from the teacher. No teacher will bully such a child.

However, some students are only in the class to make jest of the teacher about how he speaks, his cloths or one thing in order to distract the class and get the teacher angry, such students should be bullied if corrected several times and fail to stop. Teachers are been paid very little compared to what they contribute to the society, therefore, parents should teach their lads how to respect their teachers and be friends so that, the children wouldn't lack behind.

In our society today different methods of doing things is playing out on daily basis,our kids today mostly see some certain things different from the way it is due to exposure, as a teacher mostly the tone using in correction can equally turn the correction as bullying reason is because the tone at that moment doesn't count on the right way,
There's some corrections that need soft tone and that's the only way of getting the right result.
Mostly cases what the kids see as a bullying is not but the pattern it appears differ, correction shouldn't base on how you think or feel when you are correcting someone .

As a counter argument I would like to point out situation when students start to hate teachers, wish them death and threaten then for bad marks, when they are guilty for not doing homework or studying properly.

I have never faced teacher who bullied or talked in high tone with student for no reason. Problem always start with students behavior. For some reason, children today put themselves on same level as adults. They behave as if they are even with adults. Why among children today, a suggestion or advice are understood as a reprimand and often its necessary to reply on that with aggression. Speaking about teachers, student often put themselves above them because a teacher is considered as low paid job. A person with no job who hides behind parents with high paid job look from above and allow himself to misbehave toward a person with (considered in society) low paid job.

when children are told they are the future leaders.
when children are told their parents take legal responsibility for child's actions..
.. this turns into a child's misjudgement they they are in control and dont have to put in the effort. thinking they can get away with things because everyone else will take responsibility.. the notion and the expectation that everything is to be handed to them on a silver plate.
this is where it becomes a nightmare because all the kids learn is how to get away with doing the least and to complain and insinuate others as the bad person

even todays world a teacher simply asks a kid to do any homework.. kid asks for a ADHD doctors note
even todays world a teacher simply picks a kid to answer a question.. kid asks why me, its bullying
even todays world a teacher simply asks a kid to read a book.. kid watches the movie version
even todays world a teacher simply asks a kid to simply learn a subject.. kid asks google
even todays world a teacher simply asks a kid to write about any subject.. kid asks ai
even todays world a teacher simply asks a kid to do a test. kid asks for aids/notes

A teacher should notice the intent & outcome. Constructive lecturing explains mistakes, guides improvement & encourages better choices. Excessive disciplining focuses only on punishment often leaving the pupil feeling ashamed or resentful. If the talk ends with the student understanding & motivated it’s constructive. If it shuts them down or creates fear without clarity it’s excessive. The key is whether the student grows from the moment, not just gets scolded.

Every classroom teachers are meant to be well-mannered and highily civil with how they interacts with their students, psychology approaches to how it can have influence on schoolers especially teenagers students should highily be a concern because not all those who has gone through schools and had acquired professional level degrees are qualified to be a teacher. It's like the saying that not all followers are called to lead even when leaders has to had been followers where they understands how the system works.
I understand that some teachers goes psychologically disordered of loosing their self control if their students haven't been impressive with their studies, so they'd begin laying abusive words on the students without undermining the effect could be traumatic to the extent where the student could feel discouraged and dropout of School and as a result of mental disturbance could lead to mental destruction to the student. It's really not everyone who're quick learners. Not also everyone who has the mental capacity to technical or even to be degree hodlers.
Some can do exceedingly well in other areas of life such as skill of acquisitions. We also need to understand that education might be necessary but not the best.

You just said my mind,  teacher must understand the character of every student, teaching is a tasking professional and a teacher must be very observate. What one student will see it as correction another student might see it as bullying it's a hard job. That's why continuous teacher training is recommended for teachers on how to building strong teachers and students relationship.

A teacher must be a motivation to the students and not rh one they are scared to express themselves to.  No no account should a teacher punish a child when he or she has explained themselves over a thing.  Many teachers use their personal frustrations on the students, if a teacher is not on a good mood he or she should avoid teaching so it won't lead to transfer of aggression on the students. A teacher must correct with a smile that's the only way to end bullying.

As a teacher you need to tolerate every attitude except from insult or children who go ahead to bully other student. Of course, how they are trained at home, affects the way they act during class section. And yeah, as a teacher, you must know how to correct student into doing the right things. Meaning, if you dont know these principles, morale's and behaviors there will be nothing to teach them.

Also, any teacher that go as far as body shaming their student should be sacked. They dont deserve to be a teacher. Teachers are meant to boost the children's confidence in all areas of life.

Teachers leave a lot of impressions on students mindset beyond the grade level, so corrections should be built, not broken. Humiliating or shaming students in public can damage their self-esteem & even their mental health in the long run. On the other hand, if teachers are supportive, effort-focused, it increases students' interest in learning and increases their resilience.

So I would say that if students commit a crime, they should explain it privately rather than publicly shaming them, specific corrective actions will work better, and also praise the students' efforts or process rather than just praising fixed abilities.

You will find many such teachers who model respect & give constructive feedback. They help to keep children engaged by reducing bullying. So all teachers should avoid cruelty and correct carefully. kindness is also good pedagogy,,

Most schools frowns at any form of bullying on the part of the teachers to the students and it is rear to find teachers that out rightly bully the children that is under their care. the approach of discipline might be different and depending on what kind of training the child has received from home, a slight additional discipline from teachers to student might be mistaken as bullying.

what i now observe is that student don't even have respect for teachers and parents are on their part contributing to it. you send a child to a school, what you should expect is that the school trains your child both in character and in learning. parents are normally not supposed to have a serious say regarding how their children are being disciplined except when it is done above an acceptable measure. if you send a child to a school where you expect the child to spend at least 70% of his daily time and at the same time you you are not comfortable that the child is disciplined, that shows you surely have a problem to deal with.

In teaching, there are conditions and terms that we can use to  follow the standard for educational training and this is part of the model aligned by the government in teaching line, to impact on knowledge comes with learning aids and this depends on the level of academic we are focusing on, we can't compare how teaching in tertiary institutions is being done to that of high school or primary school education.

Correcting a pupil in this regard must be done in line, because we all have once been in the same shoe before now, there is more to learn and also improve about from the teaching patterns used in schools, the school itself may not bully a child while in most cases the teachers does, that is why those that are into teaching have more better understanding of how educational learning should be taught.

yeah bro!! Teaching surely depends on the level of education but i believe one thing that should never change is how a teacher treats the students under their care. correcting a student is by no doubt part of the job! but when correction turns into constant shaming or harsh words, i think it then becomes bullying. like you pointed out, truly all of us were once students too, so teachers should always remember that their words and actions leave a lasting mark, i mean i still feel some of my old teacher's remarks about me to be specific my maths teacher ;D ;D. a child may forget the subject taught, but they will never forget how their teacher made them feel!! i will always emphasize on that.

What parents of these see as bullying today are the same punishment given to us while we were still in schools during our formative years in school. Teachers don't bully students rather teachers punish them for misbehaving in class,refused doing assignments or homework, coming to school late etc. The rich parents are the ones who always complain about bullying because they have lazy children at home who believed that they are rich and untouchable. If a teacher yells at a student will you call that bullying? A student who refused doing his or her homework or assignments and is punished is that bullying too? Have you ever seen a man or woman complained his or her child is been bullied in school? I know that there is bullying in schools but not from the teachers. Yes teachers kind words to a student can turn things around for that student.

There is always a punishment or correction to match a degree of misbehave from a child although these days parents don't like their child/ward punished at all. However a teacher should never cross the correction line because he/she has the power to, that is where it becomes bullying

This is a very important thread and I believe it should be part of every employment note for teachers whether public or private in all educational levels because elements of 'teacher bullying' can be seen in both primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.

Teachers too should avoid picking on students because of family background, family influence or certain genetic traits, correcting a child is a very important part of the job but bullying a child based on such factors should be seriously frowned at.

Because every level of education comes with its own standard, it’s natural that the teaching method for primary school won’t be the same as that of tertiary institutions. What makes the real difference is not just the learning aids but also the way correction is handled. If correction becomes a form of intimidation, the child may grow up associating learning with fear instead of curiosity. Even if the curriculum is well designed, the approach of the teacher will always determine whether the knowledge sticks or not. Perhaps the real improvement needed in many schools is not only new teaching models but also training teachers to guide rather than bully, since learning works best when the pupil feels respected in the process.

This is absolutely right, as teachers there should be a divide between correcting and bullying. Bullying comes in different ways, over correcting a child without giving allowance for the child to learn on their own in some cases brings about low self esteem, making the chikd feels he/she doesnt fit into anything. You may not know that children also fight battles within and the low self esteem may live with the child for the rest of his or her life except through an intervention.

Most times bullying and correcting usually look the same on the surface but when you look closely there is a great difference between this two. Although if students do not understand this they may mistake correction as bullying.
While correction is made to improve a student’s performance academically,morally, and also to guide,bullying on the other hand rather belittles ,embarrasses the students.

The tone and approach to which the teacher uses is very important, correction is centered more on the students behavior or attitude not on the students worth as a person, hence, words should be constructive,respectful and calm while the information is passed across, when words become harsh and creates fear then it is no longer correcting but bullying.

Teachers should develop their communication and interaction skills and know that correction is centered on the student’s immediate behavior and attitude and not targeted at the personality of the student.

This particular issue is rampant, correction should be nurtured not humiliated, you don’t have to inflict pain on a child in the name of correction, they are several ways you can correct a child without flogging them. Let’s correct children with love, guide them with patience and discipline them with understanding. As teachers, you have the power to inspire greatness in a child’s life. When we take discipline with compassion, children will learn with courage and self worth. Every child deserves to feel valued and is capable of growth. A teacher’s power goes beyond the walls of the classroom, it shapes one’s character and mind and builds a better and stronger mindset.

we live in a world of "participation trophy" where even failure is rewarded as 'at least they tried'
it then becomes an environment when even giving someone a F grade is treated as insult, victimising, bullying. where parents demand teachers give even the most lazy, un-participating child a C grade minimum, where the environment/parent collective wants teachers to give students A's for effort
for instance, lazy kids getting parents to diagnose their kid as 'special needs'(ADHD/autism spectrum) so they can get a grading adjustment

too many effortless kids are being handed free grade adjustments and given special treatment even if there is nothing in their DNA/hormonal blood tests that suggests they have actual medical difficulties with life-stuff.

mollycoddling has gone too far and has caused many teachers to not be able to teach students actual facts/information, because they are too busy giving all the positive embellishment vibes to kids. they have become simply entertainers/babysitters

this whole millennial/gen Z/gen A era has bred alot of entitled, lazy people that have no work effort. many people entering the workplace think they deserve a salary just for turning up, and a bonus just for not resigning within the bonus period, and promotions simply for not resigning between yearly reviews. even getting tips/gratuity when giving bad customer service

and especially now with AI at kids thumbs on their smartphones, kids feel no need for education at all
statistics show that school complaints involving the world 'bullying' are not actual events of bullying, but insinuations caused by parents feeling that their child does not require certain education, does not require to learn certain techniques or skills and being made to perform them is victimisation, because the child refused and the teacher didnt give up trying to persuade the child to engage in education. and those that do engage in submitting class/homework feel that the child deserves an A for submitting AI generated content and complain if teacher refuse to accept/grade work done by AI tools, or simply bans AI tools in class

dont get me wrong, im all for utilising tools to enhance or make life efficient, but if there was ever a electronic blackout recent generations wont have a clue how to survive on the most basic of life necessities

Things were different back then; we old school kids suffered a lot from being beaten, humiliated, but we considered it as part of discipline, and we old school kids had grown up to be better people because the teacher fully explained that it's all about being disciplined, if you follow the rules and obey you will be spared from disciplinary action.

Children today are very different, if a teacher shout at them, the child's parents will complaint for the dismissal of the teacher because of bullying, children nowadays are spoiled, they want to get their way and they want the teachers to be the one who will adjust to their behavior.